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The 2024 Matt Awards (Winners)


I'm a little late, but am finally getting around to announcing the winners of this year's Matt Awards, celebrating the best in cinema! No doubt you were all waiting with bated breath for the reveal.

Without further aideu, here, then, are this year's winners...

Best Picture

Nominees

All of Us Strangers
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Past Lives

Winner: Past Lives


Best Director

Nominees

Andrew Haigh, for All of Us Strangers
Christopher Nolan, for Oppenheimer
Alexander Payne, for The Holdovers
Martin Scorsese, for Killers of the Flower Moon
Celine Song, for Past Lives

Winner: Celine Song


Best Actor

Nominees

Timothee Chalamet, for Wonka
Paul Giamatti, for The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy, for Oppenheimer
Andrew Scott, for All of Us Strangers
Jeffrey Wright, for American Fiction

Winner: Paul Giamatti


Best Actress

Nominees

Ayo Edibiri, for Bottoms
Lily Gladstone, for Killers of the Flower Moon
Greta Lee, for Past Lives
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, for You Hurt My Feelings
Meg Ryan, for What Happens Later

Winner: Greta Lee


Best Supporting Actor

Nominees

Joe Bird, for Talk to Me
Robert Downey, Jr., for Oppenheimer
John Magaro, for Past Lives
Dominic Sessa, for The Holdovers
Teo Yoo, for Past Lives

Winner: Robert Downey, Jr.


Best Supporting Actress

Nominees

Marlene Forte, for Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Claire Foy, for All of Us Strangers
Margo Martindale, for Cocaine Bear
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, for The Holdovers
Tracee Ellis Ross, for American Fiction

Winner: Da’Vine Joy Randolph


Best Screenplay

Nominees

Andrew Haigh, for All of Us Strangers
David Hemingson, for The Holdovers
Nicole Holofcener, for You Hurt My Feelings
Cord Jefferson, for American Fiction
Celine Song, for Past Lives

Winner: Cord Jefferson


Best Editing

Nominees

Jonathan Alberts, for All of Us Strangers
Keith Fraase, for Past Lives
William Goldenberg, for AIR
Geoff Lamb, for Talk to Me
Jennifer Lame, for Oppenheimer

Winner: Keith Fraase


Best Cinematography

Nominees

Eigil Bryld, for The Holdovers
Rodrigo Prieto, for Killers of the Flower Moon
Shabier Kirchner, for Past Lives
Jamie D. Ramsay, for All of Us Strangers
Robert Richardson, for AIR

Winner: Shabier Kirchner


Best Score

Nominees

Christopher Bear & Daniel Rossen, for Past Lives
Ludwig Goransson, for Oppenheimer
Laura Karpman, for American Fiction
Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch, for All of Us Strangers
Robbie Robertson, for Killers of the Flower Moon

Winners: Christopher Bear & Daniel Rossen


Best Special Effects

Nominees

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Part One
Oppenheimer

Winner: Godzilla Minus One 


Best Horror Film

Nominees

The Blackening
The Boogeyman
Renfield
Talk to Me
Totally Killer

Winner: Talk to Me


For those keeping track, the were 12 categories, and here is a breakdown of how many awards each winning movie collected:

Past Lives - 6 wins (9 nominations)
The Holdovers - 2 wins (7 nominations)
Oppenheimer - 1 win (7 nominations)
American Fiction - 1 win (4 nominations)
Godzilla Minus One - 1 win (1 nomination)
Talk to Me - 1 win (2 nominations)


And, that's a wrap on another annual awarding of Matt's favorites in realm of movies!


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